storm trooper
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈstɔrm ˈtruːpər/
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- He had invited the town architect to play the prosecuting attorney and the deputy director of the housing commission to enact the role of some high military officer of the Brown Shirt storm troopers.
- Nazi storm trooper
Examples
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These people of the Covenant, believers in the Messiah, had become the hated victims of Hitler's storm troopers.
Fiction book (1991) -
What if anti-government activity was opposed by storm troopers and secret police?
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"The storm troopers are not there yet, Mother," Peter reported.
Fiction book (1991) -
Later on it was taken over as headquarters for the storm troopers.
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On the Stubenring, she watched an old Jew leap to his death as storm troopers broke into his apartment.
Fiction book (1991) -
Squarely in the path of Hitler's most experienced storm troopers, just 6 kilometers from the border, were men of the African-American 333rd field artillery battalion.
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During the 1930s, the Nazi storm troopers intimidated political opponents and enforced party loyalty.
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The storm troopers led by Ernst Röhm played a significant role in the early years of the Nazi regime.
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Many civilians lived in fear of the brutal actions of the storm troopers during the rise of the Third Reich.
Synonyms
3
7.5
An elite soldier known for strict discipline and fast aggressive attacks
2
9.8
A person in a Nazi armed group who wears a brown uniform and uses violence against opponents
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'storm' (assault) + 'trooper' (member of a military unit) transparently convey the idea of a soldier involved in assault or shock operations, so a B1 learner would likely infer a general military/assault-soldier sense. However, the specific historical/political reference to the Nazi SA (Sturmabteilung) or other particular organizations is not predictable from the constituents alone, making the expression only partially compositional.
Etymology
The noun storm trooper comes from the German name 'Sturmabteilung' and from World War I soldiers called troopers who would storm forward in fast attacks, like a sudden storm. That's why the name was used for the Nazi SA, the Nazi party's armed group, and today 'storm trooper' refers to those members.